Adjustable window-curtain holder



I H. w. & E. WpHUTGH-Ifi'SON, ADJUSTABLE WINDOW UURTAIN HOLDER.

(NdMbdeL) No. 511,431. Patented Dec. 26,1893.

, ZNVEWTOQBS 1 WITNESSES d am? M STATES PATENT FFICE.

HENRY W. HUTCHINSON AND EDGAR WV. HUTlCllINSON, OF KALAMAZOO,

- MICHIGAN.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-CURTAlN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 511,431, datedDecember 26, 1893.

Application filed February 20, 1893. Serial No. 463.046. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY W. HUTCl-TIN- SON and EDGAR W. HUToHrNsoN,citizens of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county ofKalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful AdjustableWindow-Curtain Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention consists in certain improvements in combinedspring shaderoller brackets, and pole-supports, all as more particularlydescribed and claimed below.

In the drawings forminga part of this speci fication, Figure 1 isabroken perspective view, showing a window with the brackets attached toits casing; Fig. 2 abroken'plan view, showing a change inthe manner ofusing. Fig.3 is an end elevation of lettered details from Fig. 1,enlarged. Fig. 4. is an enlarged crosssection on line mx in Fig. 2; andFig. 5 is a cross section on line 2-2, in Fig. 3, looking from a pointat the right.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, A represents anordinary window casing. The brackets consist of fixed parts, 13,securely attached by screws or the like in a horizontal manner to theupper part of the window casing, and adjustable parts, 0, elbow in form,one branch of which slides on the fixed part B, and the other branch ofwhich, at right. angles thereto, supports the shade-roller, D.

By referringespecially to Fig. 4, it will be seen that the fixed parts Bare provided with raised, longitudinal ribs, e, and that the branches ofthe adjustable parts 0, which slide on the fixed parts B, are channeledto fit on to said raised ribs 6. These channeled parts are also providedwith longitudinal slots into which are passed thumb-screws, a, saidthumb-screws being screwed into the fixed parts B. I

By loosening the thumb-screws, a, the ad- 3' ustable parts 0 of thebrackets may be moved farther apart or closer together, according to thegiven length of the shaderoller D, and then by tightening thesethumb-screws they are fixed in said position; One or more of thesethumb-screws a, may be employed in each bracket.

Since the spring shade-rollers D are of the ordinary construction,having one end conforming to a peculiarly shaped open recessin one ofthe brackets, Fig. 3, which F may serve to illustrate, and the other endadapted to fit into the round hole 2', in the other bracket, it followsthat, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the roller, D, must always be put up inone position, so that the shade will roll with a given side next to thewindow.

It frequently happens that it is desirable to roll the shade with theother side next to the window, in which case, the elbow parts 0 of thebrackets are interchanged, so as to bring the one having the peculiarslot F, on the op posite side of the window casing, and vice versa, thepart (ion the opposite side, as in Fig. 2, the elbow part 0 in Fig. 2being the same as the said part at the right hand side of Fig. 1, and itwill be observed that they are individually reversed end for end, so asto be right side up when thus employed.

In inany instances'it is desirable to employ lace curtains in connectionwith the shades, and in order to secure the same advantagesof adjustability for the lace curtain pole, H, we have provided supports,'J,having open, concave recesses at the free ends for the reception of saidlace curtain pole, H, and at a proper distance from the shade-roller D.

The supports, J, extend back over the ends of the elbow portions 0 ofthe brackets, and from thence are passed down through vertical holes,'0, in a detachable manner and held by nuts 2: at the lower end, as inFig. 3. When the nuts .2 are thoroughly tightened, the pole-support, J,firmly engages the top of the outer end of the brackets, 0, thus forminga Vertical support to the pole-supports and a brace against theirlateral displacement, by swingingorspring. Tofurtherguard againstlateral displacement, the outside of the upper edge of the end of thebrackets O is flanged, as at S, and the pole-supports J rest against theinside of said flange, as in Figs. 3 and 5. By this means, when notdesiring to use the curtain-pole H, their supports, J, can be readilydetached, if desired, one of which has been detached from Fig. 1.

7 Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by'Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination of the fixed parts provided with the raised ribs, theinterchangeable elbow parts provided with the grooves loosely fittlng onsaid ribs, said elbow parts being adapted for supporting a springshaderoller 5 and provided with the vertical hole through each, and thepole-supports having the downwardly projecting ends detachably passedthrough said vertical holes and having a nut on the free end, saidpole-supports from thence extending forward and resting on the end ofthe elbow parts; substantially as fet forth.

2. The combination of the adjustable brackets for supporting ashade-roller, said brackets being provided with the vertical holes, andwith the upwardly extendingflange on the outside of the upper edge ofthe outer end of the brackets, and the pole-supports having thedownwardly projecting threaded ends detachable in said holes, and havinga nut on said ends, the pole-supports from thence extending forward andresting on the ends of the brackets and against the inside of the flangethereof; substantially as set forth.

In testimony to the foregoing we have hereunto subscribed our names inthe presence of two -witn esses.

HENRY W. I-IUTCHINSON. EDGAR "W. HUTCHINSON.

Vituesses:

NEWTON G. LESLIE, ALBERT DOLL.

